Courtyard House / Dotze Innovations Studio

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  • Architect In Charge: Tze-Chun Wei
  • Design Team: Zhi-Rui Haung, Chi-Fung Yeh, Zhe-Xun Yang, Chun-Li Wang
  • Collaborators: iTemdesign, Ospace Architects, ARJR Architects
  • Structural Engineer: Wu-Long Huang
  • Interior Design: Tze-Chun Wei
  • Lighting Design: Vivie Lin
  • Construction Consultants: Zhi-Rui Haung, Yu-Cheng Tang
  • Country: Taiwan
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Courtyard House / Dotze Innovations Studio - Chair, Patio, Courtyard
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Text description provided by the architects. This is an ambitious project for a 3-generation family in Changhua, Taiwan. The site is located on the roof of an existing one-story factory building.

Courtyard House / Dotze Innovations Studio - Table, Kitchen, Chair, Windows, Countertop
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The initial idea was to create a contemporary Chinese courtyard house with a "回" shaped volume, a layout with individual living units and shared family spaces. They are connected by a looped corridor and separated by small light wells.

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"Sky-Voids" are distributed in the corners of the building to provide natural lighting and ventilation and are designed as individual small courtyards. 

Courtyard House / Dotze Innovations Studio - Windows, Facade, Deck
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Courtyard House / Dotze Innovations Studio - Windows, Handrail, Deck
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"Inner-View" is the idea of creating private garden views for the occupants' pleasure and blurs the visual boundary between inside and outside.    

Courtyard House / Dotze Innovations Studio - Table, Shelving
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Courtyard House / Dotze Innovations Studio - Windows, Handrail
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Big glazing facing the central courtyard is designed and "Sky Voids" provide inner-views of the garden. This is a project trying to re-define a modern Chinese courtyard house and explore how space can be divided individually but stay closely connected

Courtyard House / Dotze Innovations Studio - Windows, Facade
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Cite: "Courtyard House / Dotze Innovations Studio" 20 Sep 2016. ArchDaily. Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/795351/courtyard-house-dotze-innovations-studio> ISSN 0719-8884

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